Download or read book My Dirty Dumb Eyes written by Lisa Hanawalt and published by Drawn & Quarterly. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sharply observant, laugh-out-loud funny comics from The Believer cartoonist and New York Times illustrator My Dirty Dumb Eyes is the highly anticipated debut collection from award-winning cartoonist Lisa Hanawalt. In a few short years, Hanawalt has made a name for herself: her intricately detailed, absurdly funny comics have appeared in venues as wide and varied as The Hairpin, VanityFair.com, Lucky Peach, Saveur, The New York Times, and The Believer. My Dirty Dumb Eyes intermingles drawings, paintings, single-panel gag jokes, funny lists, and anthropomorphized animals, all in the service of satirical, startlingly observant commentary on pop culture, contemporary society, and human idiosyncrasies. Her wild sense of humor contrasts strikingly with the carefully rendered lines and flawless draftsmanship that are Hanawalt trademarks. Whether she’s revealing the secret lives of celebrity chefs or explaining that what dogs really want is a tennis-ball bride, My Dirty Dumb Eyes will have readers rolling in the aisles, as Hanawalt’s insights into human (and animal) behavior startle and delight time and again.

Download or read book Play The Devil written by Scott Laudati and published by Bone Machine, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play The Devil is the debut novel from Scott Laudati. A semi-autobiographical tale of two best friends traversing the backyards of New Jersey in search of the American Dream. Like a 200 page Bruce Springsteen song, Play The Devil is permeated by a sense of nostalgia and loss, of love and redemption, with images of old Americana littering the novel like scenes from a movie, it is the coming-of-age story for the next generation. Welcome to post 9/11 America, where capitalism and apathy run rampant and men like Donald Trump can become president. In this world, the future often appears futile to millennials in their mid-twenties, stuck in that awkward, directionless stage between school and “real” life. Scott Laudati’s debut novel Play the Devil perfectly situates itself within these strange times. - Lara Robertson, Tharunka Magazine (AUS) In his first novel, Play The Devil, Scott Laudati tackles the common coming-of-age story with a refreshing take on the classic cliché. If the idea of truth illuminated in harsh light, with a heavy dose of comedic tragedy appeals to you, pick up Play the Devil. - Sarah Joseph, The Voice (Athabasca University) Scott Laudati's debut novel is simply poetic. It is a brilliant, comedic, adventure served with a slice of truth. - Tristan Sherlock, Dircksey Magazine (Edith Cowan University)

Download or read book House of the Rising Sun written by James Lee Burke and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author James Lee Burke’s “stunning” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) masterpiece is the story of a father and son separated by war, circumstance, and a race for the Holy Grail—a thrilling entry in the Holland family saga. After a violent encounter that leaves four Mexican soldiers dead, Texas Ranger Hackberry Holland escapes the country in possession of a stolen artifact believed to be the mythic cup of Christ, earning the ire of a bloodthirsty Austrian arms dealer who places Hack’s son, Ishmael, squarely in the cross hairs of a plot to recapture his prize. On the journey from revolutionary Mexico in 1918 to the saloons of San Antonio during the Hole in the Wall Gang’s reign, we meet three extraordinary women: the Danish immigrant who is Ishmael’s mother and Hackberry’s one true love; a brothel madam descended from the Crusader knight who brought the Shroud of Turin back from the Holy Land; and a onetime lover of the Sundance Kid, whose wiles rival those of Lady Macbeth. In her own way, each woman will aid Hack in his quest to reconcile with Ishmael, to vanquish their enemies, and to return the Grail to its rightful place. An epic tale of love, loss, betrayal, vengeance, and retribution, The House of the Rising Sun further cements Burke’s reputation as “one of America’s all-time masters” (New York Journal of Books).

Download or read book Riding Between the Worlds written by Linda Kohanov and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this powerful follow-up to her groundbreaking work The Tao of Equus, Linda Kohanov introduces provocative new theories about the human-horse connection, theories supported by in-depth experience. “Horses,” she maintains, “model an embodied spirituality, one that is both fully present in this world and deeply connected to the soul’s divine origins.” Kohanov explores how these animals support us on both levels, leading us to unexpected realizations about fear, intuition, awareness, empowerment, and above all, authenticity.

Download or read book Descent of Humanity written by M. K. Dawn and published by M.K. Dawn. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evil sinks its teeth into innocent prey... ...dooming them to a fate worse than death. Britney refuses to fall victim to the chaos consuming her town. Tucked away on their Montana ranch, she will do anything to keep her family safe. And away from the horrors that terrorize humanity. But staying hidden will only get them so far. Supplies are limited. Winters are brutal. And death knows no boundaries. She’s going to need help keeping her family alive. Who can you trust in the midst of an apocalypse? How far would you go to survive? Britney Campbell is about to find out. Get it TODAY!

Download or read book Bully Bastard An Age Gap Biker Rom Com written by Echo Slater and published by Echo Slater. This book was released on 2022-02-16 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rom-com with bikers? Oh, yeah! Age-gap romances between feisty heroines and their possessive heroes? Uh-huh. Insta-lust? You know it! Alec “Stoney” Ryan was done with girlfriends, drama, and his mother’s disapproval of every chick he brought around. He planned to let his dick run free for the rest of his years. Except his club brother fell hard for a high schooler, and Stoney met her bestie and sorta sister. Now, his dick is harnessed until his dream girl is old enough to take a ride. Hagan Weaver’s got sass to spare, but letting people close has never been easy. Though her heart belongs to Stoney, her head forces the sexy biker to chase her. After all, she’s far from ready for what he’s packing. Waiting over, Stoney’s got one thing on his mind. So, Hagan can run, snark, and play her hot-and-cold games, but her destination will always be his bed. Enjoy the ride as Stoney makes Hagan his woman! "Bully Bastard" is the third book in the Wet Dicks MC series and only suited for readers 18+.

Download or read book The Tales of Chavez Part One written by Frank Chavez and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank Chavez, who was born in Tularosa, grew up listening to the stories of his beloved grandmother, Louisa. As she relayed fascinating tales about her father Jose Chavez-one of two regulators who was not gunned down by the law back in those days. The other being Billy Bonnie. Frank learned the art of storytelling and how each tale held the power to keep his spirited relatives alive for future generations. As Frank leads others through these stories, he provides a glimpse back into a time when securing the proper trade at the general store could be a matter of life or death for a loved one. In his diverse collection, Chavez retells compelling tales of his great-grandfathers relentless search for his spirit guide, his trading adventures, his experiences during the bloody slaughter at the Dragoon, and his friendship with Billy the Kid- the one the law attempted to kill but never could. The Tales of Chavez, Part One shares a collection of stories that highlight the adventures of one mans ancestor as he attempted to make his mark on the world and learned that there are consequences for every decision.

Download or read book Horse Tales written by Gerald W. Darnell and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2012-07-13 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Humboldt's well-known horse breeders is brutally murdered, then left to burn in his barn along with his prized stallions. A Jack Logan client has been accused of the murder and Carson has been called in to investigate. However, getting to the truth is proving to be a real challenge. It seems no one, not even the accused, is capable of telling the truth. Greed, lust, infidelity, half-truths and the Memphis Mafia all seem to be involved, somehow. Sorting out the pieces and finding the real murderer, will be a monumental task. Carson becomes involved in the web of lies and faces one of his biggest challenges, as he tries to solve the case of Horse tales.

Download or read book Cowboy Bikers MC 4 written by Esther E. Schmidt and published by Esther E. Schmidt. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When eyes meet and make two hearts beat as one, there’s no holding the reins. Lust will take a turn and gallop toward love at full speed, taking on any danger it might face along the way. Ledger - I’m a biker in an MC located at a huge ranch which breeds both longhorns and quarter horses. I’m not just a biker, a cowboy, or a rancher, but I am a man of many trades and talents. And one of those is to protect the one who captured my attention at first glance. Mayven - Witnessing a murder sends me running to the safety of my brother and his MC brotherhood. I never thought it would open a road to love. But there’s no time to explore feelings when bikers of another MC are out for blood. It seems in the end, I’m not the only one who needs saving. **WARNING; each book in the Cowboy Bikers MC series is a standalone short story featuring a new couple and can be read together or separately. Includes: Love at first sight. Off the charts chemistry. HEA. And each story will leave you wanting more cowboy bikers!**

Download or read book 609 Pages of Horse Shit written by Scott Barry and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-05-04 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is our binary copy stack of 609 pages of utter horse shit and what seems like an accumulation of content that is far underground and censored, not shown on Media Relations TV or Radio or even the crap CIA 8080 World Wide Wiretap...

Download or read book Cowboy Bikers MC Collection Books 1 4 written by Esther E. Schmidt and published by Esther E. Schmidt. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Iron Hot Blood motorcycle club is located at a huge ranch which breeds both longhorns and quarter horses. These guys are not just bikers, cowboys or ranchers, but they are men of many trades and talents. And they all have one thing in common; protect the one woman who captures their attention at first glance. This collection contains the first four standalone stories. Each book in the Cowboy Bikers MC series is a standalone short story featuring a new couple and can be read together or separately. Includes: Love at first sight. Off the charts chemistry. HEA. And each story will leave you wanting more cowboy bikers!

Download or read book A Cop Story written by Donahue B. Silvis and published by Donahue B. Silvis. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frankie and Phil Fasino and Carlo Cardoni grew up together in a poor Italian neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey, during the Depression and World War II. Times were bad, and for them stealing was a way of life. The brothers, Frankie and Phil, end up working for the Mafia, while their childhood friend Carlo joins the Army Air Force. While Carlo is in the military, the brothers become wise guys and unscrupulous businessmen. After four years of service, Carlo pursues life as a police officer to get away from the criminal element of his old buddies, or so he thought. However, using the problems within his everyday life as an excuse, Carlo accepts favors from his past friends and their capo regime. Favors that he knows must someday be repaid. His old buddies Frankie and Phil continually try to talk him into leaving the New Jersey police force and joining them, but he is committed to his wife and children and being a police officer. Once again, he tries to get away from their influence. He moves to California and joins the Los Angeles police force. But a few years later his friends move their criminal activities to San Diego. Carlo learns they are there and again begins accepting favors from them. The time comes for Carlo to honor his commitment. His friend Frankie informs him of how the Family expects him to repay their favors. Carlo knows he must do as asked and agrees to participate in the proposed crime. But things go awry, and he’s caught by the police and ends up in jail. The judge is paid off by the capo regime, and Carlo goes free. Now he is faced with a major decision and decides to join the Family.

Download or read book The Dimple Strikes Back written by Lucy Woodhull and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2013-12-20 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samantha Lytton, foiler of evildoers and roller-skate enthusiast, is back! What has she been up to since the events of THE DIMPLE OF DOOM? No big whoop—just being a movie star. Samantha has just arrived in London to film her first leading role. Sam, would-be Picasso thief and lover, joins her to rev up her engine in the bad-boy way only he can. Life is full of sexy good times, money, and prestige galore! What could go wrong? Ha ha—everything. After a kidnapping attempt, Sam nobly dumps Samantha for her own good, the jerk. No matter, for Samantha is a successful woman of the world now and (after only spending one day lying on the floor and sobbing on her cheeseburgers) she jumps back into actress-mode with her sexy co-star Daniel Zhang. Hot movie star = best rebound ever. She barely even thinks about what's-his-name—until his evil ex-girlfriend shows up and gives Samantha an ultimatum she just can't refuse: steal a priceless artefact from the museum or die. Is Sam in cahoots with the wicked ex? Can Samantha rob a museum and film a movie simultaneously? And why isn't a lady allowed to marry both a gorgeous Oscar-winner and an equally alluring criminal?

Download or read book The Oxford Book of American Short Stories written by Joyce Carol Oates and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, Joyce Carol Oates offers a sweeping survey of American short fiction, in a collection of nearly sixty tales that combines classic works with many "different, unexpected" gems, and that invites readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Some selections simply can't be improved on, Oates admits, and she happily includes such time-honored works as Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" and Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart." But alongside these often-anthologized tales, Oates introduces such little-known stories as Mark Twain's "Cannibalism in the Cars," a work that reveals a darker side to his humor. From Melville come the juxtaposed tales "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids," of which Oates says, "only Melville could have fashioned out of 'real' events...such harrowing and dreamlike allegorical fiction." The reader will also delight in the range of authors found here, from Charles W. Chesnutt, Jean Toomer, and Sarah Orne Jewett, to William Carlos Williams, Kate Chopin, and Langston Hughes, to Ray Bradbury, H.P. Lovecraft, and Stephen King. For the second edition, Oates has introduced a wide range of new stories from writers who represent the state of American literature today. These new works include Lorrie Moore's "How to Become a Writer," Richard Ford's "Under the Radar," Junot Diaz's "Edison, New Jersey," David Foster Wallace's "Good People," Philip Roth's "Defender of the Faith," and Amy Hempel's "Today Will Be a Quiet Day." As in the original volume, Oates provides fascinating introductions to each writer, blending biographical information with her own trenchant observations about their work. In addition, she has written a new preface that contemplates our shifting literary culture, and has revised her introductory essay to the first edition, in which she offers the fruit of years of reflection on a genre in which she herself is a master.

Download or read book Tales Both Short and Tall written by Morley Young and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2000-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Liberal Redneck Manifesto written by Trae Crowder and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Liberal Rednecks--a three-man stand-up comedy group doing scathing political satire--celebrate all that's good about the South while leading the Redneck Revolution and standing proudly blue in a sea of red. Smart, hilarious, and incisive, the Liberal Rednecks confront outdated traditions and intolerant attitudes, tackling everything people think they know about the South--the good, the bad, the glorious, and the shameful--in a laugh-out-loud funny and lively manifesto for the rise of a New South. Home to some of the best music, athletes, soldiers, whiskey, waffles, and weather the country has to offer, the South has also been bathing in backward bathroom bills and other bigoted legislation that Trae Crowder has targeted in his Liberal Redneck videos, which have gone viral with over 50 million views. Perfect for fans of Stuff White People Like and I Am America (And So Can You), The Liberal Redneck Manifesto skewers political and religious hypocrisies in witty stories and hilarious graphics--such as the Ten Commandments of the New South--and much more! While celebrating the South as one of the richest sources of American culture, this entertaining book issues a wake-up call and a reminder that the South's problems and dreams aren't that far off from the rest of America's"--

Download or read book The Longstock Chronicles written by Joseph Marvici and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One man's story about living in a remote community in northern Canada in the 70's. The story takes place in a small community along the Fraser River. There was no road into the community and access was only by walking along the railroad tracks or by boating up the river. The river became the main access and accounted for many adventures over the years. Life in Longstock was a throw back to older times combined with the lifestyle of the more recent hippie days. The story chronicles the ups and downs of living off the grid in northern Canada and the people who lived there.